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There is no man more dangerous, in a position of power, than he wh

There is no man more dangerous, in a position of power, than he who refuses to accept as a working truth the idea that all a man does should make for rightness and soundness, that even the fixing of a tariff rate must be moral. – Ida Tarbell

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Imagination is the only key to the future. Without it none exists – with it all things are possible. – Ida Tarbell

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The power to question is the basis of all human progress. – Indira Gandhi

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I think a responsibility comes with notoriety, but I never think of it as power. Its more like something you hold, like grains of sand. If you keep your hand closed, you can have it and possess it, but if you open your fingers in any way, you can lose it just as quickly. – Diana Ross

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It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men. – Eric Hoffer

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The greatness of a mans power is the measure of his surrender. – William Booth

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